I like to put contact info as a note/other item..example: I type theater for people who volunteer there. If I try to search for all my theater friends, poco only seems to show me the first entry, not all of them. How do I do it?

Yes, I can confirm this -- the search function only finds the first contact with the specified text. Other contacts with the same text are not accessible with the search function. THis is true whether searching by name or "other field."

I think this should be added to Bug Traction as an enhancement request.

As a workaround, you might try setting up a group with the name "Theater" (or whatever). If you drag the contact into the group, a link will be formed to the contact. You can therefore see at a glance everyone who belongs to the group. In addition, it is easy to have the same contact belong to multiple groups.